ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Self-perpetuating

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Self-perpetuating is an adjective meaning Causing itself to continue to exist.

Meaning

Causing itself to continue to exist.

Example Sentences

It's a self-perpetuating error, now that we've made it, we can't fix it without breaking things that depend on it.
The committee was self-perpetuating: all it did was hold a meeting to decide when the next meeting was, and consume funds to do so.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include self-regenerating, selfsustained, self-replicating, perpetuable, self-generating, self-sustaining.

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